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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
I'll just add to the controversy by mentioning a paradoxical modern design. The Smart is designed to withstand impact, not absorb it. I don't know how they keep the occupants from being scrambled, though. Seems a bit sketchy to me.
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That's not a good understanding. Every modern car is designed to have a cage around the passenger space and crumple zones beyond that. The smart does that, too, but with less crumple zone. In a crash, the engine is designed to gun under the passenger compartment.